Dear Family and Friends,
The highlight of 2008 for our family was the birth of Ashlyn Mary Besaw on July 21st. She has been such a joy to us! Ashlyn is now 5 months old and just starting on solid foods. She is so very sweet, smiles a lot, loves to know what is going on around her, and sleeps through the night! Her big sister and brother are wonderful helpers and love her so much. We feel very blessed to have her as our baby girl.
Adam, age 7, started 1st grade in September and is a very good student. He enjoyed playing soccer again and having dad as his coach. Adam loves Star Wars, Legos, playing on the computer, and has achieved "professional" bowler status on the Wii. He is becoming a good little reader and is a great helper around the house.
Annaka, age 11, is growing up too fast. She is in her last year of elementary school where she is a captain of the drill team and plays the cello in the orchestra. Annaka is still taking piano lessons, enjoys reading, and loves creating craft projects. She thinks she is Ashlyn's second mom and we are looking forward to having her as our official babysitter when she turns 12 in June.
Amy continues to keep busy taking care of the children, volunteering with PTA, babysitting a few days a week, and working with the young women at church. She has recently discovered Facebook and has found that it is great way to keep in touch with family and friends. With the two older kids at school all day, Amy has also enjoyed having a lot of time to spend with Ashlyn.
Carl fell victim to the downturn in the economy and joined the ranks of the unemployed in September. He has several good prospects where he recently interviewed and is hopeful that one of these will work out in the new year. Amy has enjoyed having him home and is in for a rude awakening when he returns to work. Carl also had more time for coaching Adam's soccer team and fulfilling his responsibilities as Bishop at church.
As we look back on 2008, we are grateful for our trials and our blessings. We are thankful for the love and support of our family and friends which has meant so much to us. At this time of year, may we all take time to reflect on the birth of the Savior of the world as we strive to better follow his teachings and example.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
All our love,
The Besaw Family
The highlight of 2008 for our family was the birth of Ashlyn Mary Besaw on July 21st. She has been such a joy to us! Ashlyn is now 5 months old and just starting on solid foods. She is so very sweet, smiles a lot, loves to know what is going on around her, and sleeps through the night! Her big sister and brother are wonderful helpers and love her so much. We feel very blessed to have her as our baby girl.
Adam, age 7, started 1st grade in September and is a very good student. He enjoyed playing soccer again and having dad as his coach. Adam loves Star Wars, Legos, playing on the computer, and has achieved "professional" bowler status on the Wii. He is becoming a good little reader and is a great helper around the house.
Annaka, age 11, is growing up too fast. She is in her last year of elementary school where she is a captain of the drill team and plays the cello in the orchestra. Annaka is still taking piano lessons, enjoys reading, and loves creating craft projects. She thinks she is Ashlyn's second mom and we are looking forward to having her as our official babysitter when she turns 12 in June.
Amy continues to keep busy taking care of the children, volunteering with PTA, babysitting a few days a week, and working with the young women at church. She has recently discovered Facebook and has found that it is great way to keep in touch with family and friends. With the two older kids at school all day, Amy has also enjoyed having a lot of time to spend with Ashlyn.
Carl fell victim to the downturn in the economy and joined the ranks of the unemployed in September. He has several good prospects where he recently interviewed and is hopeful that one of these will work out in the new year. Amy has enjoyed having him home and is in for a rude awakening when he returns to work. Carl also had more time for coaching Adam's soccer team and fulfilling his responsibilities as Bishop at church.
As we look back on 2008, we are grateful for our trials and our blessings. We are thankful for the love and support of our family and friends which has meant so much to us. At this time of year, may we all take time to reflect on the birth of the Savior of the world as we strive to better follow his teachings and example.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
All our love,
The Besaw Family
9 comments:
I am glad I got to read your Christmas letter before we left! You are a wonderful family and we are lucky to be able to claim you as ours. We can't wait to see you guys tomorrow and for Adam & Annaka to teach me the Wii! I love the picture of my nieces and nephew. Ashlyn is getting so big. Yeah for 4 weeks in Cali away from the snow and wind. We got 10 inches yesterday.
You have a nice website. We enjoy reading about the Besaw Family and seeing all the beautiful pictures. Uncle Jeff and Aunt Irene look forward to visiting with everyone on Christmas Day.
Love, Aunt Irene and Uncle Jeff
Your Christmas picture is beautiful. We sure enjoyed our time with you at Thanksgiving and wish we could be together for Christmas as well. Ashlyn is even more grown up looking already! Have a wonderful Christmas and know that we are thinking of and missing all of you!
What an adorable picture of the cuties:) We love you and we are so blessed to have you as such dear friends.
What a wonderful holiday greeting. I didn't get a chance to open it before we saw you yesterday with all the activities around our house and I'm sad I didn't get to tell you yesterday what a wonderful website it is. Hey, Carl, will you teach Jim how to set up one for us?
It was a joy being with you yesterday. Ashlyn is absolutely adorable and I am so glad we finally got to meet her.
You are a precious family and we love you very much!
Auntie Sue and Uncle Jim
P.S. How do I get to see the Hamilton webpage? I tried and it says I'm an not invited to view it... Can you pass this on to Maryann? Thanks.
:)
Auntie Sue
Thanks for posting this...beautiful card! We love hearing all about things and hope you got our Christmas card (it was sent a little late I think so you can think of it as a New Year's card).
Loves,
Kent, Jamie and Boys
Merry Christmas Besaw Family! My email address is: meganbennettaz@yahoo.com
Darling picture - thanks for posting your letter for us to read!
Thanks so much for the post! That picture of the kids is beautiful, I can't believe how big Ashlyn is already...and that Annaka will be 12 this year. We think of you often and hope the job situation changes quickly for you. Give all your family our love!
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